17 Feb 1886
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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1886
Page
1
A fragment notes CATT and Claypool Block located on Fifth Street opposite the Grand Hotel. The text provides no dates or further details about ownership or use.
A compilation of quotes and quips covering silver certificates as lawful money, biblical references to wealth, social commentary on women and home rule, and vignettes from religious and moral commentary. Notable lines include pro-silver arguments, Proverbs and Spurgeon quotes, and social observations about markets and manners.
A Boston Herald piece surveys how colored glass in illumination enhances storefronts and street signs. It notes opal reds yellows blues and pinks in lamps shades and lanterns boosting chain stores restaurants and billiard halls with a vivid night-time urban color palette.
The author argues silver, not gold, is the standard of value, citing coin contents and intrinsic worth. He contends silver should back pensions and government debt, criticizes Wall Street and European financiers, and urges paying soldiers in silver while challenging current paper and gold valuations.
A playful curation of humorous bits about health, honesty, barbers, matrimony, and social foibles. Vignettes include a French barber sign mockup, a wager on truth and time, and a widowed artist in black.
A porter with the best university education in a cotton room has limited prospects, with most of his thirty peers returning to similar work. The North reportedly offers fewer opportunities than the South for advanced Black mechanical or industrial roles, raising questions about the value of higher education among colored youths. A Atlanta financier funds his daughters' access to top art and classical schools, with skills in music and languages cited.
Articles from the Cincinnati Musical Courier praise the biennial chorus as central to music culture, noting 600 members as vibrant centers of enthusiasm and the toil they endure for communal art. It contrasts with passenger observations about regular travelers and station life, highlighting shared humanity on rail journeys.
A lion with Latin training becomes a schoolteacher and terrifies his pupils. The Rabbit, Puppy, and Goat provide conflicting answers about who did famous deeds, exposing the lion’s flaws. The next day no pupils attend, ending the ill fated venture. The moral: a diploma alone does not make a good teacher.
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls Private Dave Rowland in the Confederate Alabama unit. When ordered to charge afoot, his horse bolted while others rode, yet he rallied, later outran retreating troops, and asked the captain if he led the retreat in fine style.
A visitor sketches the grave of Helen Hunt Jackson in Pine Hill forest on Cheyenne mount ain. The description paints the hillside, pines, canyons, and Cheyenne creek, with sunset light lingering on the resting place and surrounding landscape. An inserted note mentions African travelers and elephant steak toughness.
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